WO2017104003A1

WO2017104003A1 - Medium storing device and medium processing device

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Publication number: WO2017104003A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/085112
Authority: WO
Inventors: 一吉伊藤; 隆嗣小林
Original assignee: 沖電気工業株式会社
Priority date: 2015-12-15
Filing date: 2015-12-15
Publication date: 2017-06-22
Also published as: JPWO2017104003A1

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to enable a plurality of shutters to be maintained in a closed state using a simple configuration. In the present invention, in the case where a first shutter part (35) is in a first closed state, and if a second shutter part (36) is in a second closed state, a reject storage chamber (19) of a paper money dispenser (1) can cause a second engagement claw (54) to engage with a first engagement claw (48) and thereby put the first shutter part (35) into a first locked state in which the first shutter part (35) is maintained in the first closed state. Therefore, the reject storage chamber (19) does not need to have a special locking mechanism provided to the first shutter part (35) and can maintain the first shutter part (35) in the first closed state or allow the first shutter part (35) to transition from the first closed state to a first open state in accordance with whether the second shutter part (36) is closed or open.

Description

Medium storage apparatus and medium processing apparatus

The present invention relates to a medium storage device and a medium processing device, and is suitable for application to, for example, a banknote dispenser that dispenses banknotes as a medium.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in banknote dispensing machines used in financial institutions, those that withdraw cash such as banknotes and coins in response to requests from users (for example, customers of financial institutions) have become widespread. As a banknote dispensing machine, for example, a banknote storage that stores banknotes, a transport section that transports banknotes, a discrimination section that discriminates banknotes, a stacking section that stacks banknotes that can be withdrawn into banknote bundles, Some have a reject storage that stores reject banknotes that should not be paid, a bundle transport unit that transports banknote bundles, and a withdrawal port that delivers a banknote bundle to a user.

In addition, in a banknote dispensing machine, when a user forgets to remove a banknote bundle from the withdrawal port, a banknote bundle forgotten by the user (hereinafter, each banknote is also referred to as a forgotten banknote) is used for other purposes. From the viewpoint of preventing them from being taken away by the user, there has been proposed a device which is taken in and stored in a dedicated forgetting storage. Furthermore, in the banknote dispenser, from the viewpoint of improving the efficiency of the operation of collecting reject banknotes and forgotten banknotes, a reject cassette that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body is provided, and reject banknote storage units that are independent from each other in the reject cassette In addition, there has also been proposed a built-in forgetting bill storage part (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-96331 (FIG. 1)).

The reject cassette of the banknote dispensing machine described above has an intake port for taking in banknotes from the apparatus main body side to the reject banknote storage unit, and an intake port for taking in forgetting banknotes from the apparatus main body side to the forgetting banknote storage unit. ing. Some reject cassettes are provided with a shutter that opens or closes each intake port and a lock mechanism that locks each shutter in a closed state for the purpose of ensuring security. Such a rejection cassette incorporates a lock mechanism that locks the shutter, so that when it is detached from the apparatus main body, it locks the two intake ports in a closed state and is attached to the apparatus main body. In this case, it is desirable to release this lock so that the two intake ports can be opened.

By the way, the reject cassette, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-96331, is arranged by combining the shutter and the lock mechanism into one when the two intakes are arranged side by side. The structure can be simplified. However, the reject cassette may be formed on two different side surfaces, for example, the upper side surface and the front side surface, depending on the configuration of the apparatus main body. In such a case, the rejection cassette needs to be provided with a shutter and a lock mechanism for each intake port, so that the configuration thereof is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and intends to propose a medium storage device and a medium processing device that can maintain a plurality of shutters closed with a simple configuration.

In order to solve such a problem, in the medium storage device of the first aspect of the present invention, a housing having a storage space for storing the medium therein, a first surface of the housing, a storage space and an external space, A first hole that communicates with the housing, a second hole that is formed on a second surface different from the first hole in the housing, and that communicates between the storage space and the external space, and a first that opens the first hole. The first shutter that transitions to an open state or a first closed state that closes the first hole, and a second open state that opens the second hole or a second closed state that closes the second hole. In the second closed state, a second shutter that maintains the first shutter in the first closed state is provided.

In the medium processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet-like medium, a discrimination unit that discriminates whether or not the medium satisfies a predetermined condition, and a medium that satisfies the condition are accumulated. A stacking unit that serves as a medium bundle, a bundle transport unit that transports a medium bundle and delivers it from a predetermined delivery unit to a user, and a predetermined loading housing can be loaded into or detached from, and loaded into the loading housing. In this state, a reject medium that does not satisfy the condition among the medium is stored, and a reject storage that stores a medium bundle that is not picked up by the user in the delivery unit is provided. The reject storage is formed in a housing having a storage space for storing a medium therein and a first surface of the housing, and the first storage space communicates with the transport unit when loaded in the loading housing. A hole, a second hole formed on the second surface of the housing and communicating with the storage space and the bundle transporter in a state of being loaded in the loading housing, and a first open state in which the first hole is opened. Or the first shutter that transitions to the first closed state in which the first hole is closed, and the second open state in which the second hole is opened or the second closed state in which the second hole is closed, In the second closed state, a second shutter that maintains the first shutter in the first closed state is provided.

Thus, when the first shutter is in the first closed state, the first shutter can be maintained in the first closed state only by setting the second shutter in the second closed state, and the second shutter can be The first shutter can be shifted to the first open state simply by setting the 2 open state.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a medium storage device and a medium processing device that can maintain a plurality of shutters closed with a simple configuration.

It is an approximate line figure showing the composition of a bill dispensing machine. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a loading housing | casing. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of a rejection storage. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a 1st shutter part and a 2nd shutter part. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a left lock part. It is an approximate line figure showing the left lock release state in a left lock part. It is a basic diagram which shows the left lock state in a left lock part. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a right lock part. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a left opening / closing guide part. It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of a right opening / closing guide part. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the loading operation | movement and removal operation | movement of a rejection storage. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the rejection storage by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the rejection storage by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the rejection storage by other embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the rejection storage by other embodiment.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Configuration of banknote dispensing machine]
As shown in a schematic side view in FIG. 1, the banknote dispensing machine 1 is a so-called cash dispenser, which is installed in a financial institution or various commercial facilities, for example, and a user (that is, a financial institution or commercial facility). The banknotes are withdrawn according to the operation of the customer. The banknote dispensing machine 1 is roughly composed of a lower storage unit 2 and an upper bundle transport unit 3, and further includes a control unit 4 for controlling the whole.

The control unit 4 is mainly configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown), thereby performing a withdrawal process and the like. Process. The control unit 4 includes a storage unit including a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like, and stores various information in the storage unit.

In the following, the side of the banknote dispenser 1 facing the customer is the front side, the opposite is the rear side, the left and right are the left side and the right side as viewed from the customer facing the front side, and the upper side and the lower side. Is defined and explained.

[1-1. Configuration of storage unit]
In the storage unit 2, a plurality of parts that perform various processing relating to banknotes are incorporated in a rectangular parallelepiped storage housing 10. In this storage case 10, four bill storage boxes 11, a transport unit 13, a discrimination unit 14, a switching unit 15 and a stacking unit 16, and a reject loading in which a reject storage box 19 is attached to and detached from a loading case 18. A mechanism 17 is provided.

The banknote storage 11 stores banknotes of a predetermined denomination. The conveyance part 13 comprises the conveyance path which is a path | route which conveys a banknote with the roller and belt which are not shown in figure, or the motor which drives these. The discrimination unit 14 incorporates a plurality of types of sensors such as a thickness sensor and an image sensor, and discriminates the denomination and running state of the banknotes to be transported based on information obtained from each sensor. The discrimination result is supplied to the control unit 4. The control part 4 determines the conveyance destination of each banknote based on the obtained discrimination result.

Based on the control of the control unit 4, the switching unit 15 switches the banknote conveyance path by changing the inclination angle of a blade (indicated by a triangle in the figure) that contacts the banknote and changes the traveling direction. The stacking unit 16 discharges the banknotes conveyed from the switching unit 15 into the stacking space 16S, and stacks them in a bundle on the stage 16T. Therefore, hereinafter, the banknotes stacked in this way are also referred to as banknote bundles W.

On the other hand, a reject loading mechanism 17 is provided on the uppermost rear side of the storage housing 10. The reject loading mechanism 17 includes a loading casing 18 attached to the storage casing 10 and a reject storage 19 configured to be detachable from the loading casing 18.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the loading housing 18 is configured as a hollow rectangular parallelepiped as a whole, and the rear surface is open. As shown in FIG. 2B, the reject storage 19 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. For this reason, the reject loading mechanism 17 can be loaded or unloaded by moving the reject storage 19 in the front-rear direction like a so-called drawer with respect to the loading casing 18. Specifically, the reject storage 19 is loaded into the interior of the loading housing 18 by being pushed forward from the rear-side state (FIG. 1) and pulled out rearward from the loaded state. Withdrawn by.

In addition, the reject storage 19 is provided with a first intake hole 19H1 on the upper side of the front surface and a second intake hole 19H2 slightly on the front side of the upper surface. Further, inside the reject storage 19, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, a first storage space 19S1 communicated with the first intake hole 19H1 and a second storage space 19S2 communicated with the second intake hole 19H2. Are formed as mutually independent spaces.

For this reason, the reject storage box 19 takes in the reject banknotes (banknotes determined not to be withdrawn by the control unit 4) conveyed from the switching unit 15 from the first take-in hole 19H1 and in the first storage space 19S1. Can be stored. Moreover, when the banknote bundle W has fallen from the bundle conveyance unit 3 located above, the reject storage 19 can take in this banknote bundle W from the second intake hole 19H2 and store it in the second storage space 19S2. it can.

[1-2. Configuration of bundle transport unit]
As a whole, the bundle transport unit 3 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that is short in the vertical direction and long in the front-rear direction. The bundle conveyance unit 3 forms a bundle conveyance path 3Y that is a path through which the banknote bundle W passes when the banknote bundle W is conveyed by various members incorporated in the rectangular parallelepiped bundle conveyance housing 20. Yes. Further, a withdrawal port 26 for delivering the banknote bundle W to the user is formed at the front end of the bundle transport housing 20, that is, the front end of the bundle transport path 3Y.

An upper conveyance belt 21 made of an endless belt is provided on the upper portion in the bundle conveyance housing 20. A nipping and conveying guide 22 and a lower conveying belt 24 are provided on the lower portion of the upper conveying belt 21 in the bundle conveying casing 20, that is, on the opposite side of the upper conveying belt 21 with the bundle conveying path 3Y interposed therebetween. The sandwiching conveyance guide 22 is formed in a thin plate shape in the vertical direction, and the upper surface thereof is opposed to or in contact with the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21. The nipping / conveying guide 22 is moved in the front-rear direction by a moving mechanism (not shown), thereby opening either the collecting hole 16H or the second intake hole 19H2 to communicate with the bundle conveying path 3Y.

The lower conveyor belt 24 is configured such that the upper conveyor belt 21 is shortened in the front-rear direction. The upper surface portion of the lower conveyance belt 24 is aligned with the same height as the upper surface of the nipping conveyance guide 22 and travels in the front-rear direction in the same manner as the lower surface of the upper conveyance belt 21.

The stage 16T of the stacking unit 16 is moved upward in a state where the nipping and conveying guide 22 is moved rearward, so that the height of the upper surface thereof is almost equal to that of the nipping and conveying guide 22, and the stage 16T of the stacking unit 16 Forming part. The russell portion 25 moves in the front-rear direction by pushing the banknote bundle W along the upper surfaces of the nipping and conveying guide 22, the lower conveying belt 24, and the stage 16T. Thereby, the banknote bundle W can advance to the front-back direction along the bundle conveyance path 3Y with the attitude | position which followed the short side of each banknote in the front-back direction.

[1-3. Withdrawal and import operations]
Next, a dispensing operation and a taking-in operation in the banknote dispensing machine 1 will be described. When performing a withdrawal operation, the banknote dispensing machine 1 receives a withdrawal instruction and a withdrawal amount from a user via an operation unit (not shown). In response to this, each banknote storage 11 feeds out one denomination and the number of banknotes according to the amount to be withdrawn, and delivers them to the transport unit 13. The conveyance part 13 conveys each banknote upward, makes the discrimination part 14 discriminate | determine, and makes the control part 4 supply the obtained discrimination result.

The banknote determined to be normal based on the discrimination result in the control unit 4 is transported to the stacking unit 16 by the switching unit 15 and stacked on the stage 16T. The reject banknote determined by the control unit 4 not to be withdrawn is transported to the reject storage 19 by the switching unit 15, taken in from the first intake hole 19H1, and stored in the first storage space 19S1. .

Subsequently, when the banknote dispensing machine 1 accumulates the denomination and the number of banknotes corresponding to the withdrawal amount, that is, the banknote bundle W on the stage 16T, the stage 16T is raised, and the banknote bundle W is placed in the bundle transport path 3Y. Lift up. Subsequently, the banknote dispenser 1 moves the banknote bundle W forward along the bundle transport path 3Y by causing the upper transport belt 21 and the lower transport belt 24 to travel forward and moving the raschel portion 25 forward. Then, it is conveyed to the withdrawal port 26. The bill dispensing machine 1 ends the dispensing operation at this stage, and allows the user to receive the bill bundle W.

Here, when the banknote bundle W is not taken out from the withdrawal port 26 within a predetermined waiting time, the banknote dispensing machine 1 determines that the user has forgotten to remove the banknote bundle W and starts the taking-in operation. . Hereinafter, the banknote forgotten by the user is also referred to as a forgotten banknote or a retracted banknote.

Specifically, the banknote dispenser 1 takes the banknote bundle W into the bundle transport path 3Y by running the upper transport belt 21 and the lower transport belt 24 rearward, and further travels the russell portion 25 rearward. The banknote bundle W is advanced backward along the bundle conveyance path 3Y. Eventually, when the banknote bundle W reaches the upper side of the second intake hole 19H2, the banknote dispensing machine 1 drops the banknote bundle W from the bundle transport path 3Y. Thus, the banknote bundle W is taken into the reject storage 19 from the second take-in hole 19H2, and eventually reaches the second storage space 19S2 and is stored therein.

In this way, the reject storage 19 takes in the reject banknotes generated in the withdrawal operation from the first intake hole 19H1 and stores them in the first storage space 19S1, and also stores the banknote bundle W (that is, forgetting banknotes) in the intake operation. Bundle) is taken in from the second take-in hole 19H2 and stored in the second storage space 19S2.

[2. Reject storage configuration]
Next, the configuration of the reject storage 19 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2B and FIG. 3A, the reject storage 19 is roughly composed of a storage body 31 that mainly occupies the lower part and a lid body 32 that mainly occupies the upper part.

[2-1. Basic structure of storage body and lid]
As shown in FIG. 3A, the storage body 31 as a part of the housing has a first storage space 19 S 1 and a second storage space 19 S 2, which are mutually independent spaces, formed on the front side and the rear side, respectively. Yes. The first storage space 19 S 1 and the second storage space 19 S 2 are both open at the top and are closed from the outside by the lid 32.

The lid 32 as a part of the housing occupies a portion of the reject storage 19 that is about one third of the upper side in the vertical direction and excludes the vicinity of the front end of the reject storage 19. . The lid 32 is supported by a portion near the front upper end of the storage body 31 so as to be rotatable via a rotation shaft 33, and the arrow R1 direction (clockwise in the drawing) around the rotation shaft 33. Or it can be rotated in the direction of arrow R2 (counterclockwise in the figure).

That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, the lid 32 has its lower surface overlapped with the upper side of the storage body 31, and the first storage space 19S1 and the second storage space 19S2 are respectively closed, or as shown in FIG. It is possible to make a transition to a state in which the first storage space 19S1 and the second storage space 19S2 are opened by largely pulling the lower surface away from the storage body 31. Hereinafter, the respective states are referred to as a closed state and an open state of the reject storage case 19.

Also, a lock 34 is provided near the upper end of the rear surface of the storage body 31. The lock 34 is unlocked or locked by the key K1. For this reason, when the lock 34 is locked by the key K1 when the lid 32 is closed, the reject storage 19 maintains this closed state and suppresses the opening of the lid 32. In addition, the reject storage 19 enables transition to the open state when the lock 34 is unlocked by the key K1 in the closed state. Incidentally, the key K1 is held by, for example, a person with a so-called high security level among employees of financial institutions.

The first intake hole 19H1 described above is formed at a position higher than the center of the front surface of the storage body 31 (FIG. 3A). The first intake hole 19 H 1 as the first hole portion is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the left-right direction when viewed from the front, and communicates with the first storage space 19 S 1 inside the storage body 31. Further, a discharge mechanism (not shown) is incorporated between the first intake hole 19H1 and the first storage space 19S1, and the bills taken from the first intake hole 19H1 are discharged into the first storage space 19S1. It is like that. Further, on both left and right side surfaces of the storage body 31, post moving holes 31 D that are long holes for moving a post described later in the vertical direction are formed.

On the other hand, the above-described second intake hole 19H2 is formed in front of the center of the upper surface of the lid 32 (FIG. 3A). The second intake hole 19 H 2 as the second hole portion is formed in a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction when viewed from above in the closed state, and is stored via a guide passage 32 S formed in the lid body 32. The body 31 communicates with the second storage space 19S2. The front side surface of the guide passage 32S is an inclined surface 32L that is inclined so as to connect the front upper side and the rear lower side. For this reason, the banknote bundle W that has fallen from above the second intake hole 19H2 enters the reject storage 19 from the second intake hole 19H2 and slides rearward and obliquely downward along the inclined surface 32L. The second storage space 19S2 is reached and stored.

In other words, the reject storage 19 has the first intake hole 19H1 and the second intake hole 19H2 formed on different surfaces, the front surface on which the first intake hole 19H1 is formed, The upper surfaces on which the two intake holes 19H2 are formed are adjacent to each other, and the normal lines of the two intake holes 19H2 are intersected so as to form a substantially right angle.

Further, a second intake is provided in the front half of the upper surface of the reject storage 19, that is, the front portion of the upper surface of the lid 32 and the upper surface of the portion of the storage body 31 located on the front side of the lid 32. A left groove portion 19DL and a right groove portion 19DR along the front-rear direction are respectively formed on the left and right outer sides of the hole 19H2 (FIG. 2B).

[2-2. Configuration of first shutter unit]
A first shutter portion 35 that opens or closes the first intake hole 19H1 is incorporated slightly inside the front surface of the housing 31. As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 4, the first shutter portion 35 is configured around the front plate 41. The front plate 41 is formed in a thin plate shape that is thin in the front-rear direction and long in the left-right direction. The lengths in the up-down direction and the left-right direction of the front plate 41 are longer than the lengths in the up-down direction and the left-right direction of the first intake hole 19H1 (FIG. 2B), respectively.

A left side plate 42 and a right side plate 43 are respectively suspended from the left and right ends of the front plate 41 toward the rear. The left side plate 42 extends rearward in a range corresponding to the lower half of the front plate 41, and a columnar post 44 is erected in the left direction in the vicinity of the rear end on the left side. As shown in FIG. 2B, the post 44 protrudes to the outside of the storage body 31 through a post moving hole 31 D formed in the storage body 31.

Further, a front side plate 45 is provided at the rear end of the left side plate 42 so as to be suspended in the right direction. Furthermore, a support plate 46 is suspended from the upper end of the front side plate 45 in the forward direction. A first spring 47 made of a coil spring is attached to the lower surface of the support plate 46. The first spring 47 is wound in a rough spiral shape, and the central axis is directed in the vertical direction. When the first spring 47 is compressed in the vertical direction, the first spring 47 is elastically deformed and compressed, and a restoring force is applied so as to extend to the original length. Further, on the upper side of the left side plate 42 and in the vicinity of the upper end of the left end of the front plate 41, a first engagement claw 48 that protrudes rearward is formed. A gap 49 is formed between the first engagement claw 48 and the left side plate 42.

Incidentally, the right side plate 43 and its periphery are configured symmetrically with the left side plate 42 and its periphery. That is, a post 44, a front side plate 45, a support plate 46, a first spring 47, and a first engagement claw 48 are provided on the right side of the first shutter portion 35 so as to be bilaterally symmetrical with the left side. A gap 49 is formed between the first engaging claws 48.

Also, a guide or the like (not shown) that allows the first shutter portion 35 to move in the vertical direction and restricts the movement in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction is incorporated in the storage body 31. Further, the lower end of the first spring 47 is fixed near the lower end of the storage body 31.

With this configuration, when no external force is applied, the first shutter portion 35 is in a state in which the first intake hole 19H1 is closed by the front plate 41 as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this is referred to as a first closed state). When the first shutter portion 35 is in the first closed state and is in a first unlocked state described later, and an external force is applied downward, the first shutter portion 35 is compressed downward while compressing the first spring 47. By moving, the first intake hole 19H1 is opened (hereinafter referred to as the first open state).

[2-3. Configuration of second shutter unit]
A second shutter portion 36 that opens or closes the second intake hole 19H2 is incorporated slightly inside the top surface of the lid 32. As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 4, the second shutter portion 36 is configured around the upper surface plate 51. The top plate 51 is formed in a thin plate shape that is thin in the vertical direction and relatively long in the left-right direction. The lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction of the upper surface plate 51 are longer than the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction of the second intake hole 19H2 (FIG. 2B), respectively.

A left side plate 52 and a right side plate 53 are suspended from the left and right ends of the top plate 51 in a downward direction. The left side plate 52 is formed in a thin plate shape that is thin in the left-right direction, the length in the front-rear direction is equal to that of the upper surface plate 51, and the length in the vertical direction is short. Near the lower end of the front end of the left side plate 52, a second engaging claw 54 elongated in the front-rear direction extends in the front direction. A rear plate 55 is suspended from the rear end of the left plate 52 in the right direction.

Near the lower end of the front surface of the rear plate 55, a second spring 56 made of a coil spring is attached. The second spring 56 is wound in a dense spiral and has a central axis directed in the front-rear direction. When the second spring 56 is pulled in the front-rear direction, the second spring 56 is elastically deformed and stretched, and a restoring force is applied to shorten the length to the original length.

Incidentally, the right side plate 53 and its periphery are configured symmetrically with the left side plate 52 and its periphery. That is, the second engagement claw 54, the rear plate 55, and the second spring 56 are provided on the right side of the second shutter portion 36 so as to be symmetrical with the left side.

Further, a guide or the like (not shown) for allowing the second shutter portion 36 to move in the front-rear direction and restricting the movement in the vertical direction or the left-right direction is incorporated in the lid 32. Further, the front end of the second spring 56 is fixed near the front end of the lid 32.

With this configuration, when no external force is applied, the second shutter portion 36 is in a state where the second intake hole 19H2 is closed by the upper surface plate 51 by the action of the second spring 56 as shown in FIG. 3A ( Hereinafter, this is referred to as a second closed state). Further, when the second shutter portion 36 is in the second closed state and is in a left lock release state and a right lock release state, which will be described later, when an external force is applied to the rear, the second spring 56 is extended. By moving backward, the second intake hole 19H2 is opened (hereinafter referred to as the second open state).

[2-4. Left lock part configuration]
Further, a left lock portion 37 as a part of the lock portion is provided inside the left side plate 52 in the second shutter portion 36 (FIGS. 3A and 4). The left lock portion 37 is configured around a left lock lever 61 as shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG.

The left lock lever 61 is made of, for example, a metal material, and is formed by appropriately cutting and further bending a thin plate member. The left lock lever 61 is configured around a board 61A that is thin in the left-right direction.

A rear plate 61B is suspended from the rear end of the substrate 61A in the right direction. A front side plate 61C is suspended from the front end of the board 61A in the right direction. The front side plate 61C extends below the lower end of the substrate 61A, thereby forming an engaging protrusion 61L. Further, in the vicinity of the upper and lower centers in the vicinity of the rear end of the substrate 61A, a rotation hole 61H made of a round hole penetrating in the left-right direction is formed.

A short columnar left lock lever rotation shaft 63 is erected in the right direction on the right surface of the left side plate 52 in the second shutter portion 36. A winding portion of the left lock lever spring 64 formed of a torsion spring and a rotation hole 61H of the left lock lever 61 are inserted into the left lock lever rotation shaft 63. One end of the left lock lever spring 64 is hooked on the left lock lever 61 and the other end is hooked on the left side plate 52. As a result, the left lock lever 61 is biased against the left side plate 52 so as to rotate in the direction of the arrow R1 about the left lock lever rotation shaft 63.

On the other hand, a left engagement groove 60 is formed at a predetermined position on the left side inside the lid 32. When the second shutter portion 36 is in the second closed state (FIG. 3A) and the left lock lever 61 is urged in the direction of the arrow R1 by the action of the left lock lever spring 64, the left engagement groove 60 is The position and size are adjusted so that the engaging protrusion 61L enters and engages.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the engagement protrusion 61L of the left lock lever 61 is engaged with the left engagement groove 60 of the lid 32, the second shutter portion provided with the left lock portion 37. 36 cannot move backward with respect to the lid body 32 and maintains the second closed state (FIG. 3A). Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 6B, a state in which the engagement protrusion 61L is engaged with the left engagement groove 60 in the left lock portion 37 is referred to as a left lock state, and as shown in FIG. 6A, A state in which the left lock lever 61 rotates in the arrow R2 direction from the left lock state in the lock portion 37 and the engagement protrusion 61L is not engaged with the left engagement groove 60 is referred to as a left lock release state.

Thus, the left lock portion 37 maintains the second shutter portion 36 in the second closed state when the left lock lever 61 is in the left lock state (FIG. 6B). On the other hand, the left lock portion 37 allows the second shutter portion 36 to transition to the second open state when the left lock lever 61 is in the left unlocked state (FIG. 6A).

[2-5. Configuration of right lock]
A right lock portion 38 as a part of the lock portion is provided inside the right side plate 53 in the second shutter portion 36 (FIGS. 3A and 4). The right lock portion 38 is configured around a right lock lever 71 as shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG.

The right lock lever 71 is configured around the board 71A. The substrate 71A is formed in a rectangular plate shape that is thin in the left-right direction, long in the front-rear direction, and short in the up-down direction. A front side plate 71B is suspended from the front end of the substrate 71A in the left direction. The front plate 71B extends below the lower end of the substrate 71A, thereby forming an engagement protrusion 71L.

An upper extension plate 71C extends upward near the center of the upper side of the substrate 71A in the front-rear direction. An upper plate 71D is suspended from the upper end of the upper extension plate 71C in the left direction. Further, in the right lock lever 71, a rotation hole 71H made of a round hole penetrating in the left-right direction is formed in the vicinity of the joint portion between the substrate 71A and the upper extension plate 71C.

A short cylindrical right lock lever rotating shaft 72 is erected in the right direction on the left surface of the right side plate 53 in the second shutter portion 36. A winding portion of a right lock lever spring 73 formed of a torsion spring and a rotation hole 71H of the right lock lever 71 are inserted into the right lock lever rotation shaft 72. One end of the right lock lever spring 73 is hooked on the right lock lever 71 and the other end is hooked on the right side plate 53. As a result, the right lock lever 71 is urged to rotate in the direction of the arrow R1 about the right lock lever rotation shaft 72 with respect to the right side plate 53, as in the case of the left lock lever 61.

On the other hand, a right engagement groove 70 is formed at a predetermined position on the right side inside the lid 32. As in the case of the left engagement groove 60 (FIG. 5), the right engagement groove 70 has the second shutter portion 36 in the second closed state (FIG. 3A), and the right lock lever 71 has a right lock lever spring 73. The position and size are adjusted so that the engagement protrusion 71L enters and engages when urged in the direction of the arrow R1 by the action of.

For this reason, when the engagement protrusion 71L of the right lock lever 71 is engaged with the right engagement groove 70 of the lid 32, the second shutter portion 36 moves backward with respect to the lid 32. Therefore, the second closed state (FIG. 3A) is maintained. Hereinafter, a state in which the engagement protrusion 71L is engaged with the right engagement groove 70 is referred to as a right lock state, and a state in which the engagement protrusion 71L is not engaged with the right engagement groove 70 is released from the right lock. Call the state.

Further, the right lock portion 38 positions the upper plate 71D of the right lock lever 71 almost directly below the right groove portion 19DR (FIG. 2B) and below the upper surface plate 51 in the second shutter portion 36. Therefore, in the right lock portion 38, a member having a predetermined shape is inserted from the outside of the reject storage 19 to the lower side of the upper surface plate 51 through the right groove portion 19DR, and a force directed backward is applied to the upper plate 71D. Then, the entire right lock lever 71 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow R2 to shift from the right lock state to the right lock release state.

Thus, the right lock portion 38 enters the right lock state by engaging the engagement protrusion 71L of the right lock lever 71 with the right engagement groove 70 of the lid 32, while the right lock lever 71 is moved in the direction of the arrow R2. It can be changed to the right unlocking state by rotating to the right.

[2-6. Maintenance of closed state by each shutter unit]
When the reject storage 19 is not loaded in the loading casing 18 (FIG. 2B), no external force is applied to the first shutter unit 35 and the second shutter unit 36. For this reason, the 1st shutter part 35 will be in the 1st obstruction | occlusion state which obstruct | occluded the 1st intake hole 19H1 by the effect | action of the 1st spring 47 (FIG. 4). Further, the second shutter portion 36 is in a second closed state in which the second intake hole 19H2 is closed by the action of the second spring 56 (FIG. 4).

At this time, in the reject storage 19, as shown in FIG. 3A, the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 is formed in a gap 49 formed below the first engagement claw 48 of the first shutter portion 35. Then, the second engagement claw 54 is engaged with the first engagement claw 48. For this reason, the 1st shutter part 35 is controlled to move downward by the second shutter part 36, and maintains the first closed state. Hereinafter, this state is referred to as a first locked state.

At this time, in the left lock portion 37 (FIG. 5), the left lock lever spring 64 causes the left lock lever 61 to engage the engagement protrusion 61L with the left engagement groove 60 of the lid 32 by the action of the left lock lever spring 64. (FIG. 6B). Further, in the right lock portion 38 (FIG. 7), the right lock lever spring 73 is in the right lock state in which the right lock lever 71 engages the engagement protrusion 71 L with the right engagement groove 70 of the lid body 32 by the action of the right lock lever spring 73. . As described above, the second shutter portion 36 maintains the second closed state by the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38.

For this reason, the reject storage 19 is maintained in the first closed state even when an external force directed downward is applied to the first shutter portion 35, and an external force directed backward is applied to the second shutter portion 36. Even so, the second closed state is maintained. Thereby, in the reject storage 19, the first shutter part 35 and the second shutter part 36 are illegally opened, and the bills stored in the first storage space 19S1 and the second storage space 19S2 (FIG. 3) are illegal. Can be prevented from being taken out.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 3, in the reject storage 19, the lid 32 provided with the second shutter part 36 rotates the rotary shaft 33 with respect to the storage body 31 provided with the first shutter part 35. It is comprised so that it can rotate as a center. Here, in the reject storage case 19, the first engagement claw 48 of the first shutter portion 35 and the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 are engaged directly below or in the vicinity of the rotation shaft 33. In addition, the second engagement pawl 54 can be released by pulling it backward.

For this reason, when the lid 32 is rotated in the direction of the arrow R1 to be in the open state (FIG. 3B), the reject storage 19 is moved to the gap 49 between the first shutter portion 35 and the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36. The first unlocking state can be obtained. Further, when the lid 32 is rotated in the direction of the arrow R2 to be in the closed state (FIG. 3A), the reject storage 19 moves the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 into the gap 49 of the first shutter portion 35. In this case, the first locked state can be established again.

That is, the reject storage 19 can be returned to the first locked state when the lid 32 is opened and then closed again with respect to the storage body 31, so that the operator can open and close the lid 32. Accordingly, it is not necessary to be aware of the engagement of the first engagement claw 48 and the second engagement claw 54.

[3. Configuration of loading enclosure]
Next, the configuration of the loading housing 18 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2A, the loading housing 18 includes a loading space 18S whose rear side is opened by a plate-like upper plate 81, left plate 82, right plate 83, lower plate 84, and front plate 85, respectively. Forming.

The upper plate 81 is provided with a rectangular hole 81H at a location on the front side of the center. The length in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction in the hole 81H is equal to or greater than the length in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction in the second intake hole 19H2 of the reject storage 19. On the lower surface of the upper plate 81, a left opening / closing key 86 and a right opening / closing key 87 as opening / closing bodies are provided on both the left and right outer sides of the hole 81H and in the vicinity of the center in the front-rear direction.

The left opening / closing key 86 is formed in a thin plate shape in the left-right direction as a whole. The support portion 86B occupying a range of about 1/3 to 1/4 of the front side of the left open / close key 86 is formed in a rectangular plate shape, and its upper side is fixed to the lower surface of the upper plate 81. The key portion 86K occupying a range of about 2/3 to 3/4 on the rear side of the left open / close key 86 is formed in a plate shape elongated in the front-rear direction as a whole, and between the upper side and the lower surface of the upper plate 81. A certain amount of gap is formed.

The right open / close key 87 is formed in a thin plate shape in the left-right direction as a whole, like the left open / close key 86. The support portion 87B occupying a range of about 1/3 to 1/4 of the front side of the right opening / closing key 87 is formed in a rectangular plate shape like the support portion 86B of the left opening / closing key 86, and the upper side is the upper side plate 81. It is fixed to the lower surface of the. The key portion 87K occupying a range of about 2/3 to 3/4 on the rear side of the right opening / closing key 87 is formed in a plate shape elongated in the front-rear direction as a whole, and between the upper side and the lower surface of the upper plate 81. A certain amount of gap is formed.

A left opening / closing guide portion 88 is provided near the center of the left side plate 82 in the front-rear direction and slightly lower than the center in the up-down direction. As shown in the enlarged perspective view of FIG. 8A, the left opening / closing guide portion 88 has a hole portion 82H extending in an oblique direction connecting the rear upper side and the front lower side. Around this hole portion 82H, in the right direction, that is, toward the center of the loading space 18S, an open transition guide plate 91 and an open maintenance guide plate 92 as an open guide body, and a closed transition guide plate as a close guide body. Four types of plate-like members such as 93 and a blockage maintenance guide plate 94 are provided upright.

The open transition guide plate 91 forms an inclined surface along an oblique direction connecting the upper rear side and the front lower side. The open maintaining guide plate 92 has a rear end connected to the lower end of the open transition guide plate 91, and is a plane along the front-rear direction that is substantially along the horizontal direction, that is, the loading / unloading direction of the reject storage case 19. Yes.

The closed transition guide plate 93 forms an inclined surface substantially parallel to the open transition guide plate 91 and is located on the rear lower side with respect to the open transition guide plate 91. That is, the upper end and the lower end of the closing transition guide plate 93 are located on the rear lower side with respect to the upper end and the lower end of the open transition guide plate 91, respectively. The closing maintenance guide plate 94 has its front end connected to the upper end of the closing transition guide plate 93 and, like the opening maintenance guide plate 92, is a plane substantially along the horizontal direction (that is, along the front-rear direction). Yes.

Incidentally, the left side plate 82 is composed of a single metal plate. Therefore, the open transition guide plate 91, the open maintenance guide plate 92, the closing transition guide plate 93, and the closing maintenance guide plate 94 of the left opening / closing guide portion 88 are cut and raised from the metal plate, that is, the metal plate is cut. Each of which is formed by being appropriately bent. The hole 82H is formed as a by-product.

A right opening / closing guide portion 89 is provided at a position near the center in the front-rear direction on the right side plate 83 (FIG. 2) and slightly lower than the center in the up-down direction. As shown in FIG. 8B corresponding to FIG. 8A, the right opening / closing guide portion 89 is formed substantially symmetrically with the left opening / closing guide portion 88. That is, the right opening / closing guide portion 89 has four types of guide plates such as an open transition guide plate 91, an open maintenance guide plate 92, a closing transition guide plate 93, and a closing maintenance guide plate 94 in the left direction around the hole 83H. Is erected.

The lower plate 84 (FIG. 2) is formed in a flat rectangular plate shape. The front plate 85 is provided with a rectangular hole 85H that is long in the left-right direction at a location above the center. The vertical and horizontal lengths of the hole 85H are equal to or greater than the vertical and horizontal lengths of the first intake hole 19H1 of the reject storage 19, respectively.

[4. Rejection storage loading and unloading operations]
Next, the loading and unloading operations of the reject storage 19 with respect to the loading housing 18 in the reject loading mechanism 17 (FIG. 1) will be described with reference to FIGS. Although all of FIGS. 9 to 14 are left side views, for convenience of explanation, some overlapping parts are transmitted and some parts are omitted.

[4-1. Loading operation]
When the reject storage 19 (FIG. 2B) is removed from the loading housing 18, as described above, the first shutter part 35 and the second shutter part 36 are set to the first closed state and the second closed state, respectively. In addition, the first shutter portion 35 is set in the first lock state, and the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38 are set in the left lock state and the right lock state, respectively.

When the reject storage box 19 is loaded into the loading casing 18, it is moved to the rear side of the loading casing 18, and the vertical and horizontal positions are generally aligned, and then forward as the loading direction. By being pushed in, it gradually enters the loading space 18S from the vicinity of its front end. At this time, the reject storage 19 inserts the lower part of the left opening / closing key 86 into the left groove 19DL and advances it backward in the left groove 19DL. In parallel with this, the reject storage 19 inserts the lower part of the right opening / closing key 87 into the right groove 19DR, and similarly advances backward in the right groove 19DR.

As shown in FIG. 10, the reject storage 19 is continuously pushed forward so that the rear end of the left opening / closing key 86 is brought into contact with the front surface 61BF of the rear plate 61B in the left lock lever 61, and the left lock A force toward the arrow R2 direction is applied to the rear upper portion of the lever 61. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the left lock portion 37 rotates the left lock lever 61 about the left lock lever rotation shaft 63 in the direction of the arrow R 2, and the engagement protrusion 61 L Pulling out from the inside of the joint groove 60, the left lock lever 61 is shifted from the left lock state to the left lock release state.

In parallel with this, the reject storage 19 abuts the rear end portion of the right opening / closing key 87 (FIG. 2) against the upper plate 71D of the right lock lever 71 of the right lock portion 38 (FIG. 7). A force in the direction of arrow R2 is applied to the entire lock lever 71. As a result, the right lock portion 38 pulls the engagement protrusion 71L of the right lock lever 71 upward from the right engagement groove 70 of the lid 32, and the right lock lever 71 transitions from the right lock state to the right lock release state. Let

Further, at this time, the reject storage 19 includes a front end 51F of the upper surface plate 51 of the second shutter portion 36, a rear end portion 86BR of the support portion 86B of the left opening / closing key 86, and a rear end portion 87BR of the support portion 87B of the right opening / closing key 87. Contact each other. As a result, the reject storage 19 can apply a backward force to the second shutter unit 36 from the left opening / closing key 86 and the right opening / closing key 87.

The reject storage 19 is continuously inserted in the forward direction, thereby moving the second shutter portion 36 rearward with respect to the lid 32 and gradually opening the second intake hole 19H2 as shown in FIG. To go. In addition to this, the reject storage 19 pulls the second engagement claw 54 backward from a gap 49 formed on the lower side of the first engagement claw 48 in the first shutter portion 35. As a result, the reject storage case 19 releases the first locked state of the first shutter unit 35 and enters a state in which the first shutter unit 35 is allowed to move downward (hereinafter referred to as a first unlocked state). ).

In addition, the reject storage 19 includes posts 44 provided on the left and right sides of the first shutter unit 35, and the opening transition guide plates 91 provided on the left opening / closing guide unit 88 and the right opening / closing guide unit 89 on the loading housing 18 side, respectively. It is made to contact the rear lower surface. At this time, the post 44 is kept in contact with the rear lower surface of the open transition guide plate 91 because an upward force is applied by the action of the first spring 47 (FIG. 4).

When the reject storage 19 is further pushed forward, it moves downward with respect to the first shutter 35 via the post 44 by the open transition guide plate 91 while moving the second shutter 36 further rearward. Apply force. Therefore, the first shutter portion 35 moves downward along the post moving hole 31D while sliding the post 44 on the open transition guide plate 91 as the reject storage 19 advances, and the first intake hole 19H1. Is gradually released.

Eventually, as shown in FIG. 13, the reject storage 19 completely opens the first intake hole 19H1 by causing the post 44 to reach the vicinity of the lower end of the open transition guide plate 91, and the first shutter portion 35 is moved to the first shutter 35. Transition to the open state. Thereafter, the reject storage 19 is pushed to a position where the front surface thereof is in contact with or very close to the front plate 85 of the loading housing 18 (FIG. 14).

At this time, the reject storage 19 moves the second shutter while keeping the first shutter portion 35 in the first open state by sliding the post 44 on the open maintaining guide plate 92 by the action of the first spring 47 (FIG. 4). The part 36 is moved to the rearmost side to completely open the second intake hole 19H2, and the second shutter part is shifted to the second open state.

Thus, the reject storage 19 is simply pushed forward with respect to the loading housing 18 to be loaded, and is shifted to the left unlocked state, the right unlocked state, and the first unlocked state, respectively. 19H1 and the second intake hole 19H2 can be changed to the first open state and the second open state, respectively. The banknote dispensing machine 1 (FIG. 1) performs the above-described dispensing operation and taking-in operation in a state where the reject storage 19 is correctly loaded.

[4-2. Removal operation]
When the reject storage case 19 is removed from the loading case 18 in the state where it is loaded in the loading case 18 (FIG. 14), a backward force is applied as a detachment direction, and gradually moves backward. . As a result, the reject storage 19 operates each part in the opposite direction to that during loading so as to be in the reverse order to the loading operation, that is, in the order of FIGS. 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, and 9. I will let you.

At this time, the reject storage 19 gradually raises the first shutter portion 35 by the action of the first spring 47 (FIG. 4) while sliding the post 44 on the open maintenance guide plate 92 and the open transition guide plate 91. Then, the first open state is changed to the first closed state (FIGS. 13 and 12).

Further, the reject storage 19 has the front end 51F of the top plate 51 at the rear end portion 86BR of the support portion 86B of the left opening / closing key 86 and the support portion 87B of the right opening / closing key 87 by the action of the second spring 56 (FIG. 4). The second shutter portion 36 is gradually changed from the second open state to the second closed state while being in contact with the end portions 87BR (FIG. 11). Accordingly, the reject storage 19 transitions to the first locked state in which the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 is engaged with the first engagement claw 48 of the first shutter portion 35.

When the reject storage 19 is further pulled out rearward, no force is applied to the left lock lever 61 from the rear end of the left opening / closing key 86 in the left lock portion 37 (FIG. 5). For this reason, in the left lock portion 37, the left lock lever 61 is rotated in the direction of the arrow R1 by the action of the left lock lever spring 64, and the engagement protrusion 61L is engaged with the left engagement groove 60. 61 is shifted from the left unlocked state to the left locked state (FIG. 10).

In the right lock portion 38 (FIG. 7), the right opening / closing key 87 (FIG. 2) is pulled forward. As a result, in the right lock portion 38, the right lock lever 71 is rotated in the direction of the arrow R1 by the action of the right lock lever spring 73, and the engagement protrusion 71L is engaged with the right engagement groove 70, so that the right lock lever 71 is shifted from the right lock release state to the right lock state.

Thus, the reject storage 19 is simply pulled out from the state loaded in the loading housing 18 to change the first intake hole 19H1 and the second intake hole 19H2 to the first closed state and the second closed state, respectively. In addition, the loading housing 18 can be removed by making a transition to the first locked state, the left locked state, and the right locked state, respectively.

[5. Effect]
In the above configuration, the reject storage 19 of the banknote dispenser 1 opens and closes the first intake hole 19H1 provided on the front surface for the purpose of taking in the reject banknote by the first shutter unit 35 and takes in the forgotten banknote. For the purpose, the second intake hole 19H2 provided on the upper surface is opened and closed by the second shutter portion 36 (FIG. 2).

When the first shutter portion 35 is in the first closed state and the second shutter portion 36 is in the second closed state, the reject storage 19 engages the second engagement claw 54 with the first engagement claw 48. By combining the first shutter portion 35 and the first shutter portion 35, the first shutter portion 35 can be brought into a first locked state that maintains the first closed state (FIGS. 3A and 9). For this reason, the reject storage 19 does not need to be provided with a dedicated locking mechanism for the first shutter unit 35, and maintains the first shutter unit 35 in the first closed state in accordance with the closing or opening of the second shutter unit 36. Alternatively, the transition from the first closed state to the first open state can be allowed.

In particular, the reject storage 19 has a guide or the like incorporated in the lid 32, and the first shutter 35 moves only in the up-and-down direction and does not move in the front-and-rear and left-and-right directions. Thus, the second shutter portion 36 moves only in the front-rear direction and does not move in the up-down direction or the left-right direction. In other words, the moving directions of both shutters are orthogonal to each other. Accordingly, the reject storage 19 is moved integrally with the second shutter portion 36 with respect to a gap 49 between the first engaging claw 48 that moves integrally with the first shutter portion 35 and the left side plate 42 or the right side plate 43. The front end portion of the engaging claw 54 is inserted (FIGS. 4 and 9).

As a result, the reject storage 19 can be configured by simply moving the second shutter portion 36 in the front-rear direction for the purpose of opening and closing the second intake hole 19H2 with the first shutter portion 35 in the first closed state. It is possible to easily transition to the locked state or the first unlocked state. For this reason, the reject storage 19 does not require a complicated mechanism for engaging the second shutter part 36 and the first shutter part 35 having different movement directions, and can have a very simple configuration.

Further, the reject storage unit 19 urges the first shutter portion 35 upward by the first spring 47 so as to positively shift to the first closed state, and the second shutter portion 36 is moved forward by the second spring 56. The direction was positively shifted to the second closed state. For this reason, the reject storage box 19 can positively close each shutter when the external force to each shutter is released, for example, when it is removed from the loading housing 18 to protect the bills stored inside. it can.

Further, the reject storage 19 is provided with a left lock portion 37 and a right lock portion 38 in the second shutter portion 36, and the second shutter portion 36 is moved to the second shutter portion 36 only when the left lock release state and the right lock release state are changed, respectively. It was made possible to make a transition from the 2 closed state to the second open state. For this reason, the reject storage 19 can effectively prevent the second shutter portion 36 from being opened for an unauthorized purpose by two types of lock mechanisms having different structures.

Further, the loading housing 18 is provided with a left opening / closing key 86 and a right opening / closing key 87 on the lower surface of the upper plate 81. For this reason, the reject storage 19 is simply loaded into the loading housing 18 and the left open / close key 86 and the right open / close key 87 bring the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38 into the left unlock state and the right lock release state. After each transition, the second shutter portion 36 can be transitioned from the second closed state to the second open state (FIGS. 9 to 14).

Further, the reject storage 19 is provided with a post 44 on the first shutter portion 35 and exposed to the left and right outer sides of the storage body 31. Accordingly, a left opening / closing guide portion 88 and a right opening / closing guide portion 89 are formed on the left side plate 82 and the right side plate 83, respectively, in the loading case 18 (FIGS. 2A and 8). For this reason, the reject storage 19 is only loaded in the loading housing 18, and the post 44 is brought into contact with and slides on the opening / closing guide plate 91 and the opening maintaining guide plate 92 of the left opening / closing guide portion 88 and the right opening / closing guide portion 89. The first shutter portion 35 can be moved downward, that is, can be shifted to the first open state.

Incidentally, the first shutter portion 35 is always urged upward by the action of the first spring 47 (FIG. 4). For this reason, the post 44 basically abuts against the open transition guide plate 91 or the open maintenance guide plate 92 at the stage where the reject storage 19 is inserted to a certain extent into the loading housing 18 (FIGS. 12 to 14). Or it will slide.

However, for example, when the first shutter portion 35 is caught on the way of the storage body 31, the first spring 47 (FIG. 4) cannot act properly, and the post 44 is opened by the open transition guide plate 91 or the open maintenance guide plate. There is a risk that it will not abut against or slide on 92. In such a case, the reject storage 19 may be pulled out of the loading housing 18 without allowing the first shutter portion 35 to transition to the first closed state, and the banknotes in the first storage space 19S1 may be taken out illegally. Arise.

In this respect, the left opening / closing guide portion 88 and the right opening / closing guide portion 89 of the loading case 18 are provided with a closing transition guide plate 93 and a closing maintenance guide plate 94 in addition to the opening transition guide plate 91 and the opening maintenance guide plate 92. It was. For this reason, when the reject storage 19 is pulled out from the loading housing 18, the post 44 is brought into contact with and slid against the closing transition guide plate 93 and the closing maintenance guide plate 94 even if the first spring 47 cannot act properly. By moving the first shutter portion 35, the first shutter portion 35 can be forcibly closed to be in the first closed state.

In addition, the reject storage 19 moves the first shutter portion 35 to the first state before the second shutter portion 36 transitions to the second closed state due to the positional relationship between the closing transition guide plate 93 and the closing maintenance guide plate 94 and the post 44. It is possible to transition to one closed state. For this reason, the reject storage 19 is configured such that the second engagement claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 is replaced with the first engagement claw 48 of the first shutter portion 35 even when the first spring 47 cannot act properly. And the first locked state.

According to the above configuration, when the first shutter unit 35 is in the first closed state and the second shutter unit 36 is in the second closed state, the reject storage 19 of the banknote dispenser 1 is the second. By engaging the engaging claw 54 with the first engaging claw 48, the first shutter portion 35 can be brought into a first locked state that is maintained in the first closed state. For this reason, the reject storage 19 does not need to be provided with a dedicated locking mechanism for the first shutter unit 35, and maintains the first shutter unit 35 in the first closed state in accordance with the closing or opening of the second shutter unit 36. Alternatively, the transition from the first closed state to the first open state can be allowed.

[6. Other Embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the second shutter portion 36 that moves in the front-rear direction, which is the direction for loading and unloading the reject storage 19 with respect to the loading housing 18, moves in the up-down direction, which is the direction intersecting this. The case where the first shutter portion 35 is set to the first locked state or the first unlocked state has been described (FIGS. 9 to 14). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first shutter unit 35 is moved in the front-rear direction and the second shutter unit 36 is moved in the up-down direction, and the first shutter unit 35 is moved by the second shutter unit 36 in the first direction. You may make it be 1 lock state or 1st lock release state.

In the above-described embodiment, the first engagement claw 48 that moves in the vertical direction integrally with the first shutter portion 35, and the second engagement claw 54 that moves in the front-rear direction integrally with the second shutter portion 36, The case where the first locked state is established by directly engaging the two has been described (FIGS. 3A and 9). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various shaped parts, known link mechanisms, and the like are interposed between the first shutter part 35 and the second shutter part 36, and the first locked state is established using these parts. You may make it do.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the first shutter portion 35 is moved linearly along the vertical direction (that is, slid) to transit to the first closed state or the first open state. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first shutter portion 135 to be incorporated in the storage body 131 is disposed at a location slightly away from the first intake hole 19H1, such as the reject storage 119 shown in FIGS. 15A and 15B. The front plate 141 may be moved in an arc shape so as to be able to rotate in the direction of the arrow R1 or R2 around the rotation axis 140 thus made. Also in this case, the first locked state can be achieved by engaging the second engaging claw 54 of the second shutter portion 36 with the first engaging claw 48 of the first shutter portion 135. Further, the first shutter portion 135 can be rotated by receiving a force from the loading housing 18 side by the post 144 exposed to the outside from the post moving hole 131D.

Alternatively, as in the reject storage 219 shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the first shutter portion 235 to be incorporated in the storage body 231 is indicated by the arrow R1 around the rotation shaft 240 disposed in the immediate vicinity of the first intake hole 19H1. In other words, the angle of inclination of the front plate 241 may be greatly changed so that it can be rotated in the direction or the R2 direction. In this case, by bringing the front end of the second engagement claw 54 in the second shutter portion 36 into contact with or in proximity to the first engagement portion 248 formed on the upper rear surface of the first shutter portion 235, the first locked state is established. can do. Further, the first shutter portion 235 can be rotated by receiving a force from the loading housing 18 side by a post 244 exposed to the outside from the post moving hole 231D.

Thus, about the 1st shutter part 35 which opens and closes the 1st taking-in hole 19H1, not only a linear movement but a 1st obstruction | occlusion state and a 1st open | release by various methods, such as circular movement and rotation, etc. You may make it change between states. The same applies to the second shutter portion 36 that opens and closes the second intake hole 19H2. The point is that the first shutter portion 35 can open and close the first intake hole 19H1 and the second shutter portion 36 can open and close the second intake hole 19H2, and according to the opening and closing of the second shutter portion 36 in the first closed state. It is only necessary to be able to transition to the first unlocked state or the first locked state.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where two different types of lock mechanisms such as the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38 are provided in the second shutter portion 36 has been described (FIGS. 5 and 7). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the second shutter unit 36 may be provided with one type or three or more types of locking mechanisms, and the types may be the same or different from each other. Alternatively, the lock mechanism may be omitted from the second shutter portion 36.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the left opening / closing key 86 and the right opening / closing key 87 are provided on the upper plate 81 of the loading housing 18, and the left lock portion 37 is simply loaded into the loading housing 18. The case where the right lock unit 38 is changed to the left unlock state and the right unlock state has been described (FIGS. 9 to 14). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the left opening / closing key 86 and the right opening / closing key 87 are omitted, and a predetermined unlocking operation is performed by the operator before or after the reject storage 19 is loaded into the loading casing 18. By performing the above, the left lock unit 37 and the right lock unit 38 may be shifted to the left lock release state and the right lock release state, respectively. In this case, the second shutter unit 36 and the first shutter unit 35 may be changed to the second open state and the first open state, respectively, by the operator's operation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the left lock portion 37 (FIG. 5), the second shutter portion 36 is moved forward and second opened by urging the left lock lever 61 by the left lock lever spring 64. The case where the left lock lever 61 is automatically changed from the left unlocked state to the left locked state when the state is changed to the second closed state has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the left lock lever spring 64 may be omitted, and the left lock lever 61 may be shifted to the left lock state by causing the operator to perform a predetermined left lock operation. The same applies to the security gear 62 and the right lock lever 71 of the right lock portion 38.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38 are provided on the second shutter portion 36 side has been described (FIG. 4). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the left lock portion 37 and the right lock portion 38 may be provided on the lid 32 side.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the first shutter 47 made of a coil spring urges the first shutter portion 35 in the upward direction, that is, in the direction of closing the first intake hole 19H1 (FIG. 4). . However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first shutter portion 35 may be urged by various urging members such as a leaf spring or a rubber-like material. The first intake hole 19H1 may be biased in the opening direction, and the first spring 47 may be omitted. In this case, a part or mechanism for lifting the first shutter portion 35 upward when the reject storage 19 is pulled out from the loading case 18 may be incorporated in the loading case 18 side or the like. The same applies to the second shutter portion 36 and the second spring 56.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the reject storage 19 is configured by the storage body 31 and the lid body 32, and the first storage space 19 S 1 and the second storage space are formed by rotating the lid body 32 with respect to the storage body 31. The case where the space 19S2 is opened and the stored banknotes are collected has been described (FIG. 3). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the storage body 31 and the lid body 32 may be integrated and cannot be opened and closed. In this case, for example, the first intake hole 19H1 and the second intake hole 19H2 are formed relatively large, and the first shutter part 35 and the second shutter part 36 are manually opened to be housed inside. What is necessary is just to make it take out a banknote.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the storage body 31 is provided with the first storage space 19S1 and the second storage space 19S2 which are independent from each other, and from the reject banknote and the second intake hole 19H2 taken in from the first take-in hole 19H1. The case where the forgotten banknotes taken in are stored separately has been described (FIG. 3A). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a single storage space may be formed in the storage body 31, and reject banknotes and forgetting banknotes may be mixed. In this case, for example, if the serial number of each banknote is read by the discrimination unit 14 (FIG. 1), the serial numbers of the reject banknote and the forgotten banknote are stored, and both are sorted based on this serial number at the time of collection. good.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the left opening / closing guide portion 88 and the right opening / closing guide portion 89 of the loading housing 18, in addition to the opening transition guide plate 91 and the opening maintaining guide plate 92, the closing transition guide plate 93 and the closing maintenance guide. The case where the plate 94 is provided has been described (FIG. 8). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the elastic force of the first spring 47 is relatively strong, the closing transition guide plate 93 and the closing maintenance guide plate 94 may be omitted. Further, the open transition guide plate 91 or the like is not limited to a configuration in which a part of the left side plate 82 or the like of the loading casing 18 is cut and raised, and for example, a configuration in which other parts or the like molded by a resin material are attached to the left side plate 82. It is also good.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, intake holes (first intake hole 19H1 and second intake hole 19H2) are provided in two different surfaces of the reject storage 19, respectively, and these are provided with two shutters (first shutters). The case of opening and closing by the first shutter part 35 and the second shutter part 36) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, three or more intake holes may be provided in the reject storage 19 and each may be opened and closed by different shutters. In this case, it is only necessary that the other shutters can be kept closed by at least one shutter.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the reject banknotes separated one by one by the reject storage 19 are taken in from the first take-in holes 19H1, and the forgotten banknotes in the banknote bundle state are secondly stored. The case where it takes in from the intake hole 19H2 was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, it may be taken in from the first take-in hole 19H1 in a bundled state, or banknotes in a state of being separated one by one may be taken in from the second take-in hole 19H2.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, when the present invention is applied to the reject storage 19 for storing reject banknotes and forgetting banknotes in the banknote dispensing machine 1 that collects and dispenses banknotes that are paper-like media. Said. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a medium storage device that stores various media having various shapes from two or more intake holes formed on different side surfaces. Furthermore, the medium is not limited to being taken in from the outside through the take-in hole, and the medium may be fed out from a part or all of the take-in holes.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention extends to embodiments in which some or all of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above are arbitrarily combined, and embodiments in which some are extracted. is there.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the storage body 31 and the lid body 32 as the housing, the first intake hole 19H1 as the first hole, and the second intake hole 19H2 as the second hole, The case where the reject storage 19 as the medium storage device is configured by the first shutter portion 35 as the first shutter and the second shutter portion 36 as the second shutter has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medium storage device may be configured by a housing having various other configurations, the first hole, the second hole, the first shutter, and the second shutter. .

Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the conveyance part 13 as a conveyance part, the discrimination part 14 as a discrimination part, the stacking part 16 as a stacking part, the bundle conveyance unit 3 as a bundle conveyance part, and reject storage The banknote dispensing machine 1 as a medium processing device is configured by the reject storage 19 as a storage unit, and the rejection storage is composed of a storage body 31 and a lid 32 as a housing, and a first removal as a first hole. The case has been described in which the insertion hole 19H1, the second intake hole 19H2 as the second hole part, the first shutter part 35 as the first shutter, and the second shutter part 36 as the second shutter are configured. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a medium processing apparatus is configured by a transport unit, a discrimination unit, a stacking unit, a bundle transport unit, and a reject storage having various other configurations, and the reject storage is You may comprise by a housing | casing, a 1st hole part, a 2nd hole part, a 1st shutter, and a 2nd shutter.

The present invention can also be used in, for example, a banknote dispenser that collects and dispenses banknotes in bundles according to user operations.

Claims

A housing having a storage space for storing a medium therein;
A first hole formed on the first surface of the housing and communicating the storage space with an external space;
A second hole formed on the second surface of the housing and communicating the storage space with an external space;
A first shutter that transitions to a first open state in which the first hole is opened or a first closed state in which the first hole is closed;
Transition to the second open state in which the second hole is opened or the second closed state in which the second hole is closed, and in the second closed state, the first shutter is maintained in the first closed state. A medium storage device comprising two shutters.
With a predetermined opening / closing body, the locked state in which the second shutter is maintained in the second closed state, and the unlocked state in which the transition from the second closed state to the second opened state in the second shutter is allowed. The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a lock unit for switching.
The medium storage device is loaded into or removed from the loading housing provided with the opening / closing body,
The lock unit is switched to the unlocked state by the opening / closing body when the medium storage device is loaded into the loading housing, and is moved by the opening / closing body when the medium storage device is removed from the loading housing. The medium storage device according to claim 2, wherein the medium storage device is switched to a locked state.
The loading housing has a loading space in which the medium storage device is loaded,
The medium storage device is loaded by being inserted along the predetermined loading direction with respect to the loading space of the loading housing, and is pulled out from the loading space along a separation direction opposite to the loading direction. Removed,
4. The medium storage device according to claim 3, wherein the second shutter shifts to the second open state or the second closed state by moving in the loading direction or the detaching direction with respect to the housing. 5.
The first hole is formed on the loading direction side of the housing,
The first shutter has a post protruding to the outside of the housing, and when the medium storage device is loaded in the loading housing in the first closed state and the second closed state, the opening / closing body After the lock portion is switched to the unlocked state and the second shutter is released from maintaining the first shutter in the first closed state, the post is released from an open guide body provided in the loading housing. The medium storage device according to claim 4, wherein the medium storage device transitions to the first open state by receiving a force.
The first hole is formed on the loading direction side of the housing,
The first shutter has a post protruding to the outside of the casing, and when the medium storage device is detached from the loading casing in the first open state and the second open state, The medium storage device according to claim 4, wherein the post receives a force from a closing guide body provided in the loading housing before the lock unit is switched to the locked state, and transitions to the first closing state. .
2. The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the second hole portion is formed in the second surface that intersects the first surface and a normal line of the first surface in the housing.
The first shutter has a first engagement element that slides in a predetermined first direction or the opposite direction to make a transition to the first closed state or the first open state and that engages with the second shutter. ,
The second shutter slides in a second direction crossing the first direction or in the opposite direction to make a transition to the second closed state or the second open state, and engages with the first shutter. 8. The device according to claim 7, further comprising an engagement element, wherein the first shutter is maintained in the first closed state by engaging the second engagement element with the first engagement element in the second closed state. Medium storage device.
The housing includes a storage body in which the storage space is formed, and a cover body that transitions to a storage open state in which the storage space is opened or a storage closed state in which the storage space is closed,
The first hole and the first shutter are provided in the storage body,
The second hole portion and the second shutter are provided in the lid, and when the lid is in the second closed state when the lid is in the storage closed state, the first shutter is in the first closed state. 2. The medium storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first shutter is released from the first closed state when the lid is shifted to the storage open state in the second closed state. .
The storage space is separated from the first storage space for storing the medium taken in through the first hole, and stores the medium taken in through the second hole. The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a second storage space.
The medium storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a second urging body that urges the second shutter in a closing direction.
A transport unit for transporting a paper-like medium;
A discrimination unit for discriminating whether or not the medium satisfies a predetermined condition;
A stacking unit that stacks the medium satisfying the condition to form a medium bundle;
A bundle conveying unit that conveys the medium bundle and delivers it to a user from a predetermined delivery unit;
It is configured to be able to be loaded into or detached from a predetermined loading case, and in a state where it is loaded in the loading case, a reject medium that does not satisfy the above condition among the medium is stored, and the user at the delivery unit A reject storage for storing the medium bundle that has not been picked up, and the reject storage,
A housing having therein a storage space for storing the medium;
A first hole that is formed on the first surface of the housing and communicates the storage space and the transport portion in a state of being loaded in the loading housing;
A second hole that is formed on the second surface of the housing and communicates between the storage space and the bundle conveying unit in a state of being loaded in the loading housing;
A first shutter that transitions to a first open state in which the first hole is opened or a first closed state in which the first hole is closed;
Transition to the second open state in which the second hole is opened or the second closed state in which the second hole is closed, and in the second closed state, the first shutter is maintained in the first closed state. A medium processing apparatus comprising two shutters.